Champaign Central has a new boys' basketball coach. And it's a former Illini in Jeff Finke, who has two talented sons. Who played last year at Centennial. What does executive sports editor Fred Kroner think of the hire? Or what does he think of the ongoing spring sports? Ask him ahead of time before his 12:30 p.m. chat on Thursday gets started.

■ Mahomet-Seymour 8, St. Thomas More 2. The visiting Sabers took an early 2-0 lead, but the Bulldogs plated four runs in the second inning to grab a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Brooks Coetzee hit two home runs for M-S and wound up 2 for 3 with three RBI. Teammate Tom Kenney (2 for 3) also hit a home run and contributed three RBI.

■ Central 6, Bloomington 0. Champaign Central’s Maddy Chalifoux scored her 100th career goal. It was one of her four goals for the Maroons. The area’s all-time girls’ soccer career scoring record is 106 goals by 2003 Centennial graduate Megan Bushue.

Why he was chosen: Gibson, the area leader in the discus, won the shot put and discus at Friday’s Monticello Invitational. He threw 51 feet, 91/2 inches to win the shot put by 7 inches, andhis throw of 161-10 gave him the discus title by 81/2 feet.